Privacy Policy
Effective 12 August 2026 · applies to the Sarakku app and sarakku.in
The short version
Sarakku has no accounts and collects no personal information. No name, no phone number, no email, no contacts, no payment details. Your precise location is used on your phone to show distances and pick your district — it is never uploaded to our servers. The app identifies itself with a random device ID that means nothing outside Sarakku.
What we collect
- An anonymous device ID. A random identifier created when the app first runs. It is not linked to you, your phone number, or any account — because none of those exist in Sarakku.
- Engagement events. Counts of actions like price checks, shop views, Pulse votes and overcharge reports, tied to the anonymous device ID. They power streaks, badges and the community Pulse — nothing else.
- A push notification token, only if you allow notifications. Used solely to deliver the restock and price alerts you asked for. Decline or revoke permission any time in system settings; alerts simply stop.
- Crash reports and usage analytics via Google Firebase (Crashlytics and Analytics): device model, OS version, app version, and which screens are used. This tells us what's broken and what matters. It is not tied to any personal identity.
Your location
Distances to shops, the "near you" lists and your district's Pulse all need your position — and all of that is computed on the device. The app downloads statewide data files and does the math locally. Your precise coordinates are not sent to Sarakku's servers and are not stored by us.
What we never collect
Names, phone numbers, email addresses, contacts, photos, payment details, government IDs, purchase histories. Sarakku shows public price and stock information; it does not sell or deliver alcohol, and there is nothing to buy in the app.
Services we rely on
- Google Firebase — analytics, crash reporting and push delivery (their privacy terms).
- Cloudflare — serves our data files and website; sees standard request metadata (IP, user agent) as any web host does.
- Mapbox — map tiles and place search; tile requests go to Mapbox's servers (their privacy policy).
We do not sell, rent or share data with anyone else. There are no ads and no data brokers.
Retention & deletion
The device ID lives on your phone: deleting the app severs the link permanently — the anonymous counters left behind identify no one. To have your device's records deleted from our servers, email us the request; since we can't know who you are, include nothing personal — just uninstall first.
Age
Sarakku is for people 21 and older — Tamil Nadu's legal drinking age — and asks you to confirm this the first time it runs.
Changes & contact
If this policy changes, the new version appears here with a new effective date. Questions or deletion requests: [email protected].